ST Engineering wins $900m worth contracts in H12020

This article was published on: June17,2020 7:58 AM

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has won nearly $900 million of aerospace related contracts in the first quarter of 2020. The group’s Aerospace sector secured about $838m across its spectrum of aviation manufacturing and MRO businesses. The MRO contracts included A320 heavy maintenance contracts and CFM56-7B engine maintenance contracts from Chinese airlines, and a componentRead More

Cathay Pacific receives bailout package worth $3.5 billion from Hong Kong government

This article was published on: June10,2020 8:31 AM

Cathay Pacific, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, has finally received some good news as the Government of Hong Kong announced a HK$27.3 billion (US$ 3.5 billion) bailout package for the airline, consisting of loans and share purchases. This news comes as a major relief for the airline as Cathay Pacific has been through aRead More

Austrian Airlines receive several sources of financial aid during pandemic

This article was published on: June9,2020 6:30 AM

Lufthansa Group’s Austrian Airlines announced that it has received several sources of financial aid to see it through the difficulties of the pandemic. The funding, which will come in the form of loans and investment, is badly needed right now as many airlines have been operating at 10 percent of normal capacity or less. “AustrianRead More

Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin appointed group chairman of Malaysia Airlines’ parent company

This article was published on: June8,2020 8:04 AM

Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has appointed Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin group chairman of Malaysia Airlines’ parent company, Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), effective 1 July. Muhyiddin announced on 6 June that Wan Zulkiflee will succeed Md Nor Yusof, who resigned from the carrier in March 2019. Concurrently, Muhammad Taufik Aziz, the group chief financial officerRead More

Chinese carriers mark gradually recovery after coronavirus outbreak

This article was published on: June8,2020 7:53 AM

For the first time in over four months, Chinese carriers transported more than one million passengers on 5 June, marking a gradual recovery for the industry after being hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) states that domestic carriers flew about 1.04 million passengers that day,  about 38% lowerRead More

Turkish Airlines resume flights with strict hygienic instructions

This article was published on: June4,2020 7:16 AM

As international flights resume around the world, all airlines are instituting measures to assure passengers of flying safely in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Turkish Airlines, which has established an extensive international network over the past few years is inching back after a two month shutdown, starting domestic flights tomorrow and flights to sixRead More

Emirates president hopes aviation normality to kick in 2021

This article was published on: June3,2020 9:27 AM

During the opening session of Arabian Travel Market’s inaugural virtual event, ATM Virtual, aviation industry Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline, outlined the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry, as well as the measures implemented by the company in response to the pandemic. Clark said, “I don’t think in my career I haveRead More

GCAA investigates DA62 crash site

This article was published on: June3,2020 9:24 AM

Accident investigators into the crash of a Diamond DA62 conduction calibration services at Dubai International Airport last year remain puzzled by the actions of the captain of the light aircraft as it repeatedly breached minimum separation distances from commercial traffic before the fatal wake-turbulence accident in May last year. Analysis by the UAE’s regulator, theRead More

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